Telephone-receiver attachment



May 5, 1925. 1,536,712

F. K. HEHNLY TELEPHONE RECEIVER ATTACHMENT Filed larch 5, 1924 AWORNEY Patented May 5, 1925.

v UNITED STATES FRANK K. HEHNLY, 0F MADERA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER ATTACHMENT.

Application filed March 3, 1924. Serial No. 696,613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, FRANK K. HnHxLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madera, in the county of Clear-field and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone- Receiver Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to telephone receivers and more particularly to receivers which are clamped and secured on he head and are held under considerable pressure against the ears of a person.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a receiver attachment, susceptible of readyapplication to a receiver and adapted to effectively pad the receiver and relieve the ear from discomfort due to the pressure under which the receiver is held against the head.

To theattainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification 2- Figure 1 is a face view of my novel attachment.

Figure 2 is a vertical section showing the attachment on a receiver.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

In Figure 2 I illustrate a telephone receiver 1, and in Figures 1 and 2, I illustrate my novel attachment generally designated by 2.

The receiver 1 may be and preferably is of the ordinary well known type such as are clamped and secured on the head of a person. It is to be understood, however, that the said receiver may be of any other type compatible with the purpose of my invention without affecting the invention as claimed.

My novel attachment is designed to be opposed to the face of the receiver 1 and to be appropriately attached thereto, and to rest between the face of the receiver and the ear of a listening person.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention the attachment 2 comprises a rigid body 3. clips 4 resilient in nature and adapted to be sprung over the enlarged portion of the receiver and to strongly grasp the same, and the pad 5 adapted to bear against the ear of a person with a view to preventing pain or discomfort under the continuous pressure with which the receiver is held against the head. 30th the body 3 and the pad 5 are apertured at 6 for the free passage of sound from the receiver 1 to the ear, and by reference to Figure 1, it will be noted that the pad 5 is of the same general configuration as the human ear and is therefore calculated to adequately engage the head about the exterior portion of the ear so as to evenly distribute any pressure that may be present.

In the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant and which I have illustrated in Figure 2, the body 3 is molded of hard vulcanized rubber. and the pad 5 is of felt and is affixed to the body 3 at the time of manufacture by the anchoring of the inner portion of the pad 5 in the rubber of the body 3 while the rubber is in a plastic state and precedent to the hardening or setting of the rubber according to the conventional method at present in vogue. In other words the inner portion of the pad 5 is affixed to the rubber body in substantially the same manner as bristles of brushes are set in rubber backs or bodies. In this way it will be noted that the pad 5 and the body 3 are permanently connected of themselves which manifestly contrilnites to cheapness of manufacture and assures the production of a durable and neat attachment. At its side remote from the pad 5 the body 3 is recessed at 6 to snugly fit over the receiver 1, and the clips 1 are carried directly by a flange 7 afforded by the formation of the said recess 6, so that when connected to the receiver 1 the attachment will tightly fit against the same without liability of casual displacement.

Notwithstanding the practical utility of my novel attachment it will be noted that the same is simple and inexpensive in construction and is therefore adapted to be sold with profit for a small price.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made such as fall Within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended'claim. Having described my invention, What 'I- claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

An attachment for telephone receivers comprising an apertured body shaped to snugly fit over the face portion of a receiver and also shaped in general conformity to the human ear, means for holding said body on "a rece1ver,.sa1d means carried by the body, and an apertured pad corresponding in shape to the body and aflixed thereto and adapted to bear against the head of a person; the said body being formed of hard vulcanized rubber, and the pad being formedof felt and having its inner portion affixed in the rubber whereby the body and the pad are connected of themselves.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

FRANK K. HEHNLY. 

